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Supporting Spanish SMEs impacted by COVID-19 lockdown

  • Approval date

    17 April 2020

  • Borrower

    Instituto de Crédito Oficial

  • Country

    Spain

  • Loan size

    € 300 000 000

  • Line of action

    Inclusive growth

  • Status

    Completed

Support to the Spanish Government in in its efforts to mitigate the crisis effects of Covid-19 on the economy.

This €300 million Programme loan will part-finance ICO’s lending activities to Spanish financial institutions, which will on-lend the funds via its financing instrument which mainly targets the self-employed and MSMEs. Final beneficiaries will be employees of eligible MSMEs throughout the country who are facing serious liquidity shortages due to Covid-19 aftereffects.

CEB and ICO provide 334 million euros to support Spanish SMEs and self-employed

Press release 23 April 2020

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